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They could actually decide the case is premature since there is a law that says they cannot repeal a tax law before it comes into effect but the Administration did not argue the mandate as a tax but a penalty so ?????
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They could actually decide the case is premature since there is a law that says they cannot repeal a tax law before it comes into effect but the Administration did not argue the mandate as a tax but a penalty so ?????
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/s...135554880.htmlIn a victory for President Obama, the Supreme Court decided to uphold his signature health care law's individual mandate in a split decision, upending speculation after hostile-seeming oral arguments in March that the justices would overturn the law. The mandate has been upheld as a tax, according to SCOTUSblog, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the liberal wing of the court.
So the "Constitutionality" has been determined related to the individual mandate. I haven't read anything on the Medicaid mandate or the employer mandate but would assume those portions were also upheld.
This leaves us to wonder if some States are going to dropout of the Medicaid program in 2017 when federal funding begins to run out to finances the new mandates for coverage. The States will either have to raise taxes to pay for the program while already dealing with major deficits or drop out losing about 40% of the funding they need to provide a health care safety net.
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The exact details of the Medicaid issue has not yet been completely resolved, but it is being upheld for the most part. I'll give a better analysis in a day or so.
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I still haven't figured out how the government can force us to buy anything. Were that the case, we would have War Bonds and we would be forced to buy them to support the war. I see no difference.
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Per Roberts, "Nothing in our opinion precludes Congress from offering funds under the ACA to expand the availability of health care, and requiring that states accepting such funds comply with the conditions on their use. What Congress is not free to do is to penalize States that choose not to participate in that new program by taking away their existing Medicaid funding."
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